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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-07-01 16:19:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-07-01 16:19:04 +0000 |
| commit | d9a79d4bc51b408cd3de5161fa318c7140ef4369 (patch) | |
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Fix for zombie problem.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 73ebd39d..0e84e134 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -2107,6 +2107,13 @@ in foreground while a background fetchmail is running will do whichever of these is appropriate to wake it up. .SH BUGS AND KNOWN PROBLEMS +The mda and plugin options interact badly. In order to collect error +status from the MDA, fetchmail has to change its normal signal +handling so that dead plugin processes don't get reaped until the end +of the poll cycle. This can cause resource starvation if too many +zombies accumulate. So either don't deliver to a MDA using plugins or +risk being overrun by an army of undead. +.PP The RFC822 address parser used in multidrop mode chokes on some @-addresses that are technically legal but bizarre. Strange uses of quoting and embedded comments are likely to confuse it. |